Long-Term Mortality of Older Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated in US Clinical Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited information about the long-term survival of older patients after myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods and results

CRUSADE (Can rapid risk stratification of unstable angina patients suppress adverse outcomes with early implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines) was a registry of MI patients treated at 568 US hospitals from 2001 to 2006. We linked MI patients aged ≥65 years in CRUSADE to their Medicare data to ascertain long-term mortality (defined as 8 years post index event). Long-term unadjusted Kaplan-Meier mortality curves were examined among patients stratified by revascularization status. A landmark analysis conditioned on surviving the first year post-MI was conducted. We used multivariable Cox regression to compare mortality risks between ST-

SUBMITTER: Kochar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064921 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature